"The car will be immobilised until the driver has regularised his licence and fitted the number plates and other obligatory equipment on the vehicle so it can be driven a safe way and doesn't pose a danger to the driver and other road users."

Earlier this year a car was filmed on a motorway near Antofagasta, northern Chile, with five mattresses, a stereo and boxes on top of the roof.

The belongings were tied together using just a rope.

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Claudio Argote, vice president of the Chilean equivalent of the AA, said at the time: "It's an aberration.

"The law is very clear on these sort of things but above all it's a common sense thing.

"Clearly there's been none used here. It's dangerous because the load can destabilise the car and cause an accident." ends